Method of baling fibrous material and bale.



No. 864,975. PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907.

G. J. LUGB.

METHOD OF BALING FIBROUS MATERIAL AND BALE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 5, 1906.

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. APPLICATION FILED APILB, 1906.

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' WWI wows attomqo a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I CHARLES J. Loon, OF-NIAN'rro, ooNNEorIOUnAssIoNOR T0 Tun LUCE GOMPRESS & COTTON COMPANY, OFNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

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Be it known that I, CrrAnLns J. 'Luca, a citizen of county of NewLondon, (hnnecticut, have invented 5 certain new and useful Improvementsin Methods'of novel bale, which may be said to constitute a new articleof manufacture.

Among' the several methods of baling cotton the method of forming thematerial into a loose continuous sheet and then wrapping it tightlyabout a mandrel to form a cylindrical bale has a number of advantages,but the bales so produced also have serious disadvantages which it isthe object of the, present invention to obviate. The so-called roundbales at present in use I are received favorably by manufacturers forthe reason that the web of cotton can be unwound from .the bale and isthus much better adapted for use in the preparer tory stages of cottonmanufacture than the heterogeneous mass oi cotton obtained from thesquare or rectangular bales: On the other hand, the round bales ofcotton are objectionable for many reasons. For instance, round balescannot be stored economically, as-

necessarily a large percentage of space is taken up by the intersticesbetween the bales, This fact leads to increased freight rates intransporting the bales; Again, the interstices between round bales ofcotton, and the central openings occupied by the .inandrels in winding,admit air among the bales when stored and provide draft flues for theflames in case of fire, 'thus increasing the risk of fire andconsequently the insurance rates. Other disadvantages of the presentround bales. are that their density increases toward the center and isso great at or near the center that they cannot be sampledsatisfactorily. The great density of the bale at the center results alsoin rupture of the fiber unnecessarily. The round bales of cotton cannotbe made of standard weight, which is a great drawback in marketing-them,

By means of the present invention I am enabled to avoid all of theobjectionable features of the round cotton bale, while retaining itsfeatures of value and utillhe invention will be described in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a' diagram of a pressillustrating what may be termed'asecond step in the improved process; Fig. 2 is a similar diagram showinga step in the process which is useful although not absolutely essential;Figs.

3 and 4 are similar diagrams'illustrating the final step of forming thebale; Fig. 5 illustrates the completed bale with the ties or bandsapplied Fig. 6 is a diagram Specification of Patent. Application andApril6,1906. Serial No.810,126.

the United States, and a resident of Niantic, in the balingfibrousmaterials, and particularly cotton and a the annular bales laterally toa. slight degree, as indicated Patented Sept. 3,1907.

illustrating the method of treating asingle roll of cotton to form arectangular bale; Fig. 7 is a. side. elevation of Fig. 6. 4 I.

Referring to the drawing, A, B, indicate respectively the fixed andmovable platens of a press, which may be of any desirable form as todetail {and o and D indicate the side members of the press for confiningthe material laterally.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, E, E, indicate two cylindrical balesof cotton each formed by winding 2. web about a mandrel. These bales maybe formed in the manner in which cylindrical or round cotton bales arenow formed, with the important exception, that a large mandrel is usedleaving a comparatively large central opening F, instead of the verysmall mandrel which is used at present in the manufacture of roundcotton bales, and with the further important exception that the innerend of the web coiled about the mandrel is not wound so tightly as inthe present method of baling and hence the fibers are not crushed orruptured. The bales E thus formed are substantially annular incross-section.

In carrying out my improved process I may compress a. single annularbale E into a rectangular bale, as indicated in Fig. 6, or I maycompress a plurality of such annular bales into a single rectangularbale, as indicated in Figs. 1 to5 inclusive.

end view, two annular bales arranged one above the other and restingupon the movable platen B. When the platen is raised the bales collapse,the central openings closing first as indicatedapproximately in 3, and.then closing entirely as indicated in Fig. 4. At the same time theperipheral conformation of each bale changes gradually from a. circle toa rectangle, until there is, as illustrated in Fig. 4, a single balerectangular in cross-section made up of two flat rectangular bales E, E.This single or duplex bale may be then tied by any suitable fastenings,as indicated in Fig. 5. It will be understood that the individualannular bales, or the resulting duplex bale, may be suitably coveredwith burlap or other suitable material if desired. I preferably covereach of the annular bales with burlap or other suitable material Lbefore compressing the same for the purpose of protecting the subbalesindividually when they are separated as all of the sub-bales comprisinga multiple bale maynot be used at the same time. I

7 It is preferable, although not essential, to compress by the dottedlines in Fig. 2, before pressing them together, as shown in Figs. 3 and4. This may be accomplished by making one of the side walls of the pressadjustable, as, for instance, the wall D. By thus first compressing theannular bales laterally, and then ver- I ticall the corners fill outmore readily. and produce a more perfect rectanguiarbale. 1

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated in diagram a press for forming arectangular bale from a single annularbale. I

in the drawing and referred to herein is shown merely for the purpose ofillustration and that the present invention can be carried out withwidely different forms of baling mechanism. Bales formed by my processwhen stored form a solid masswithout interstices and are thereforecheaper to store and transport than circular bales. At the same time thecotton web may be unwound from these rectangular bales at the factory asreadily as it may be unwound from the circular bales, with theadditional advantage that the fiber in my bale will be found to beintact and in good condition, while in the old round bale of cotton thefiber near the center is more or less crushed and ruptured. Furthermoremy bale may be sampled at anypoint readily as it is substantially ofuniform density throughout, whereasit is difiicult to sample the oldround bale near the center on account of its extreme density andhardness.

Having described my inyention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is,

1. The method of baiing cotton which consists in forming a bale ofannular section and then-compressing the same into a bale of angularsection.

2. The method of baling cotton which consists in forming a bale ofannular sectionby winding a web or cotton spirally upon itself and thencompressing the said bale of annular section into a bale of angularsection. v I 3. The-method of baling cotton which consistsin forming abale of annular section and then compressing the same into a bale ofrectangular section.

4. The method ofhaling cotton which consists'ln forming a bale ofannular section by winding a web of cotton spirally upon itself and thencompressing the said bale oi! annular section into a bale of rectangularsection.

5. The method of'baling cotton which consists in forming the cotton intoa bale 0t annular section and then com: pressing the said bale in twodirections to form a bale of rectangular section.

6. The method of baling cotton which consists in forming a plurality ofbales of annular cross-section and then compressing said plurality ofbales into a single bale or rectangularcross-section;

7. The method of baling cotton which consists in winding webs of cottonspirally to form a plurality of bales of annular cross-section.and thencompressing said bales to- .gether into a single solid bale of angularcross-section.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a bale of cotton of angularcross-section comprising a layer or web of cotton wound upon itself fromcenter to peripheryl 9. As a new article of manufacture, a bale ofcotton of angular cross-section consisting of layers each or which isparallel with the adjacent race of the bale. I

j 10. As a new article of manufacture, a hale oi! cotton of angularcross-section comprising a layer or web of cotton wound upon itself fromcenter to periphery, each layer being parallel with the adjacent face ofthe bale.

In testimony whereof I aifizr my signature in presence oi.

two witnesses. v

v cnARnEs J. ,LUCE. Witnesses i A. E. T. Haus rann,

B. C. Rusw.

